, 1887-04-14
rrr to 20 into and raiss hor arms to

r.. Lor to 90 into and raise hor arms to
5-. al sha sheets.
rs. n-...fs.g,s salary was $500 q year, which
... laced to Sl10 when the congregation
af.- HIM his little cottage. At Lawrence
..--r Isa mad received only $500 This, then,
,r., in the nature Of great good fortune. His
H.. .-ooI III the parlor, and i'll q spot which
...aun.lal Il view of the combined dining
.o..l and Kitchen where she worked. As fast
rs p, finished a few pages he called her and
ste arg,t Ii.T work and sat down beside him on
l#a chair. her arms covered with Hour per-
.,.sr-@t III. he real what he had written. Then
i-.- t.f5.,.I It over, and new thoughts were the
-..-t She went back to her cooking and hero
t-.,r.ei TO his sermon. There was little
-..-,4c house in the yard where she did the
family washing. When she was there Mr..
i;..c:l-r called her by making u trumpet OF
Li- hands and blowing a blast through it that
..a..gl Tie echoes. Then she wiped the suds
.....r her hands and arms and ran IN to talk
5.l.n..1y. little dreaming that he had grasped
i..- -..ln Of what was to grow into the most
.aritui theology ever uttered, the God
g. .i. Us ana the God within Us" of the near
future. How could she know that the man
at whose feet she gladly sat, and gave as well
. ~ learned wisdom, was to be the greatest in
te'--uial and spiritual lamp this country has
ev.r I-!d: Living their simple lives, neither
sa1 thg broad path he was to blaze in the
ssi:.yHal forests of the age.
j srilt bOarders, ," she said, "took in sewing,
| Iii my own housework, including the wash
| r 7n.. ironing and usually with baby in
| - arms, and / would willingly go back and
| ~ il al over again if 1 could, l was happy.
! / had Hly husband always with me. lie was
| never away except when he went to see his
| people. Ne worked together continually.
| Ia rafHtnl the house by the light of Ian
! IN. / holding the lantern We were aSsO-
| lat n in the same way with everything that
| Wa lone. Now Mr. Beecher belongs so much
| ID lse public that of necessity see very lit
| s.. ~ him. But then I have no ambition,
| 'os- in the world. When people say to me,
! Aren't yoI pr0ui Of your hUabandF L say
| ~ What happiness would there be in
| lrr..l.y ! would rather sec more of him. l am
! ia. OF the work lie IS doing, but care moth
| tor the worldly honor Of it
| j il strange that, finding her happiness en-
| tireIy in her family, and caring nothing
| whatever for the worli'S voice, either III
praise or blame, life in the little house in In
| djauapolis, with all its self denial and hard
work, looks beautiful to her! Her world was
small, but it was full. The big, busy world
| had not Yet begun to claim n share of the
| new apostle OF thought. Distinction has Its
| penalties and obscurity its blessings.
| Not everybody knows that Mrs. Beecher is
| the author of a novel entitled From Dawn
| TIL Daylight" and published many years
| ago, The tide she gave it was "Reminiscences
Of :; Minister'S WIFE" This the publishers
! changed To the one it was publ i.oI under
without her knowledge. The house that is
S;Jri l. failed soon after it appeared. This
| fact probably prevented It from "t;ain-
| irs the cirruiat:on il d,s, IyczI- y feEr saT5
| a-a one of her Old western E--;.l lOrs stumbled
| across = copy in a public library, read it
| an! worked EilnScif at once into a rage be-
| cause hs Thought he recognized his own por-
| IrUi1 in one Of The least admirable Of the
| Characters. His indignation got into print,
| lio.ty, 20 the metropolis and set a procession
| OF newspaper reporters ringing the Beecher
| door bell, with the polite intention OF asking
| the author Of "t7rom Dawn Til Daylight if
she really did intend to portray the wrathful
! old man.
The Brechers left indianapolis forty years
| ago and vent direct to Brooklyn. Mrs.
| ENacl.or left six weeks before the first railroad
| I.g.Eiag eastward was finished, and Mr.
| B'cchcr Travelled on the first passenger train
that rolled out of Indiana's capital.
| CL-tTRUDE GARRISON